Boy Survives 275-Foot Well Plunge In Arizona
Harry Stage, seven, fell 275 feet into a narrow irrigation pipe near Phoenix. He survived due to air in the pipe and his father Ed Stage guiding a rescue with improvised lariats and a block and tackle. He was rescued after hours of effort and taken to Memorial Hospital with multiple injuries.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Harry Stage
Memorial Hospital
Harry
Webb Faubion
Faubion
Stage
Arizona
Uproar in Security Council Over Congo Deportations
UNITED NATIONS N Y AP a new uproar was expected in the Security Council over a UN report that the Congo government in Leopoldville secretly deported seven political prisoners to Kasai Province and that three were rumored slain there. The Congo operation chief Rajeshwar Dayal said six prisoners were flown to Bakwanga on Feb 9 and a seventh a week later. He named Lumumba era officials and others among the deportees and said rumors persisted of three killings.
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United Nations, N.Y
Security Council
U.N
Congo
Leopoldville
Kasai
Patrice Lumumba
Rajeshwar Dayal
Dag Hammarskjold
Lumumba
Kamenga
Nzuzi
Elengesa
Yangara
Emergency Call Likely By Labor
Organized labor leaders in Miami Beach expect an immediate push for an emergency label on Kennedy labor relief proposals. AFL-CIO executives meet as unemployment nears 54 million amid a lagging economy and rising concern over a deeper recession. Arthur J. Goldberg, labor secretary, travels to confer with the council and weighs Kennedy’s political stance.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Organized Labor
Congress
Kennedy
AFL - Cio Executive Council
Steelworkers Union
Arthur J. Goldberg
Afl-Cio Council
Washington
Goldberg Farmerly
Afl-Cio
Steelworker's
Airlines furlough thousands as wildcat strike widens
New York AP reports the four day old wildcat strike cripples service across six carriers. Eastern plans layoff of 6000 to 7000 in Miami while Pan American Trans World American National and others announce widespread furloughs totaling about 60 000 workers and affecting 120 000 on Trans World 120 000 on American 15000 on Pan American and 3500 on National. Federal mediator efforts fail as unions resist a single bargaining unit and labor secretary Goldberg leaves without a settlement. United maintains the only nonstop transcontinental service with engineers who are pilot trained and many hold dual roles.
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New York
Struck Lines
Eastern Air Lines
Miami
Pan American World Airways
Trans World Airlines
National Airlines
American Airlines
Trans World
American
Pan American
National Western Airlines
Arthur J. Goldberg
Flight Engineers International Union
National Mediation Board
Air Line Pilots’ Association
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Federation
Meany
U. S
United
Governor Seeks 10 Year Review of State Purchases
Ohio Governor Michael V. DiSalle called a decade review of state payments to electrical firms convicted of price fixing in Philadelphia. He asked highway and finance chiefs to report findings for possible treble-damages recovery and to refer identical bids or collusion to the Justice Department. He noted the DOJ has been alerted to identical salt bids and similar bids on other materials.
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Columbus
Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
Philadelphia
Highway and Finance
Justice Department
Recognition of China Opposition Sways Congress
A large majority of both houses signed a statement opposing U S recognition of Red China or seating Red China in the United Nations. The Committee of One Million Against Admission of Communist China leads the push, with endorsers from key committees including Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs.
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Washington
House
Senate
U.S
China
United Nations
Committee of One Million
Congress
Warren R. Austin
Vermont
U.N
Joseph C. Grew
Japan
Belgian Parliament Dissolved by King
In Brussels King Baudouin ordered new elections after dissolving the Belgian Parliament. The vote date set for March 26 prompts political upheaval and an immediate nationwide political transition. The move triggers a constitutional response and reshapes government formation in Belgium.
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Brussels
Belgium
Baudouin
Hazardous Pipe Entry Mystery Narrow Shaft
A report notes the pipe width trapping Harry Stage at 275 feet below the surface. He reportedly did not panic despite the tight confines as rescue teams work to reach him. Local officials and divers coordinate the complex underground operation.
Kennedy Aims Large Federal Education Plan for Schools
President Kennedy proposed a $9.7 billion education program blending a three year classroom and teacher salary aid, a five year college scholarship scheme, and continued long term college loan programs. The plan seeks to boost per pupil funding, expand facilities, and improve science and languages nationwide.
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Sam Rayburn
Tex
Kennedy
Congress
Dirksen Presents Simple Republican Education Plan
Washington Republican leader Dirksen unveiled a substitute for Kennedy's aid to education. The plan calls for a four year, 1 billion dollar program matching federal funds to states for classroom construction based on a per child under 14 ratio. It aims to offer a straightforward, austere alternative to Kennedy's proposals.
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Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Kennedy
Dirksen
Washington
Illinois
Congress
Thruston B. Morton
New York
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N.y
Congressional Republicans
Weather Spring Aims Early Arrival With Warmer Air
Midwestern region forecast notes a second attempt at early spring with temperatures in the upper 40s for the next five days. Rain is expected tonight, tomorrow, and next Friday or Saturday. Official high yesterday reached 63 at 4 p.m. and the morning low was 24. Weekend rainfall totaled 1.06 inches.
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Middletown
Drought Hits Henan Shan'tung and Hopei Provinces
Tokyo dispatch reports Communist China facing a serious drought across Henan Shantung and Hopei as ongoing winter disasters strain the regions.
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Tokyo
China
Henan
Shan‘tung
Hopei
Mansion heiress inherits six million from Adams House maid
Ravella Hughes a 64 year old former maid living in a Tudor mansion in Garden City New York inherits about six million from Evelyn Adams founder of Adams Chewing Gum Co. Adams left all her estate to Hughes who had been her maid and companion for 39 years. Hughes shot in groin reported in hospital. Matilda Shaw another Hughes maid died Saturday apparently of natural causes.
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Garden City
N. Y
New York City
Acci
Ravella Hughes
Miss Hughes
Evelyn Adams
The
Adams Chewing Gum Co
Miss Adams
Girl Earns Special Seat With Kennedy At Mass
A Georgetown mass held by President Kennedy and his wife saw a young girl about 11 wearing a red hat and coat seated ahead of them. She whispered to the President during the service, then returned after briefly leaving to ask him to save her place. Her identity was not released.
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Washington
Kennedy
Holy Trinity Church
Georgetown
Ohio Education Funding Projections Released by Kennedy
President Kennedy sent to Congress the estimated Ohio allotments for classroom construction and scholarships. For fiscal 1962 to 1966 the per pupil for Ohio public schools climbs from 16.90 to 20.71 dollars, totaling 28.7 million for 1963 and rising to 39.0 million for 1964. Scholarships total 1,329 for 1962 amounting to 930,300 dollars and 9,968 projected for 1966 totaling 6,977,600 dollars.
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Washington
Ohio
Congress
Kennedy
Wounding at Mansion Sale Involves Miss Hughes And Woodward
Miss Hughes and Norman Woodward 47 Negro taxi operator were wounded when a World War I German automatic discharged in a library viewing at a mansion she had sold for 75000. Woodward suffered a slight finger wound as the gun went off while he examined the revolver. Police noted Hughes said she sold the house because it was too big and she was lonely living there.
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Miss Hughes
Norman Woodward
Woodward
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